Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Arizona Police Records

By Ben Kingsley


If you are searching for Police Records Arizona, you can find them at the state's Department of Public Safety. It is the duty of the department to take care of the files and accept requests from the public. Unlawful individuals are everywhere and they are just waiting for their chance to perform their unlawful plans. It is fortunate that police files are accessible in Arizona because it increases the public's awareness on who they should watch out for.

A police record is created even when an arrest is not executed or imprisonment is not necessary. It is a standard operating procedure of law enforcers that need to be done if an individual encounters some trouble with the law. Police records reveal the full name of an offender, the offense committed, and the place where the offense occurred. It also includes details of the physical attributes of the offender such as the height, weight, skin color, and birthmarks, to name a few. It is legal to request for your own police records so you can check for any false information that might exist on your record. If you find any, you can file for a formal request to correct them so your reputation will not suffer further damage. If you are not proven guilty of the crime charged against you, you can request that the records be expunged.

In Arizona, access to the police files of other people is given only to law enforcement personnel and approved employers, even though they are considered as part of the public domain. If it is required for an ongoing case, law enforcement personnel can access the files. If it is for the screening of existing and aspiring workers, employers can access the files.

The Department of Public Safety entertains formal requests for the documents. A request form can be obtained from their office or downloaded from their official website. All required particulars of the form should be supplied before you submit it to the department. A fingerprint-based search is the only kind of search you can do at the department. It requires you to present a fingerprint card, obtainable at a local police department, along with the request form. The department will not charge you anything for requesting your own documents but you will have to pay for getting the fingerprint card.

Another way of obtaining the files is through online search tools that are legally supplying police files to whoever requests for them. If you a computer nearby, and a connection to the Web, you can instantly start searching online. There are two types of such search tools: free and fee-based. But before you commence your search, check first if the one you are about to use has a reputation of providing legit information. Also make sure that you know the full name of the person whose records you want to obtain. Input that person's name on the search box of the search tool, click search, and before you know it, you are looking right at the search results.

Local Police Records are initially filed at a local police department or at a sheriff's office where a crime was committed. Once it is properly recorded, it is then forwarded to the Department of Public Safety and merged with other crime-related records to form a criminal record.




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